Great Barford Castle

About

Great Barford Castle, later known as Creakers (or Crewker) Manor, was a Norman motte-and-bailey castle to the north of Great Barford in Bedfordshire, England (grid reference TL10555305). The site now survives as earthworks and cropmarks near Creakers Farmhouse and is recorded in the Bedfordshire Historic Environmental Record as HER 818. The castle formed part of a wider network of Norman fortifications in the region, including Bedford Castle and other nearby sites such as Renhold and Gannock. However, surviving archaeological evidence is limited, and it is more securely identified as the site of the medieval manor of Creakers, with defensive or enclosure features.